Pop!
Crisp apple fizz gushes through the bottle’s neck, rasping for air, breaking through floodgates… a false sense of freedom. As horses take off to cheering crowds.
This is my entry for the Writers Victoria Flash Fiction 2020 competition.
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Glossy ginger hair cascaded down her shoulders as the bathroom lights bounced off those dreaded locks.
Rubbing the smooth, stubble-free chin… Kevin no longer identified the woman in his mirror.
This is my entry for the Writers Victoria Flash Fiction 2020 competition, where you get a prompt every day of April and have to write a 30-word story based on it, incorporating it. Today’s prompt: mirror. Read more stories on Twitter.
Gone are the days
Creeping through the earth with renewed vigour and joy, darling blossoming buds, trees of tomorrow, and butterflies to be, rejoice as emptiness resounds.
Human buzz, now only a hazy memory.
My entry for day 7 of the Writers Victoria Flash Fiction 2020 competition. Today’s prompt: hazy. Read more on Twitter.
People food
It wasn’t novel. From the winged to legged, cannibals always devoured flesh food. But for once, they were having doubts. Until one braved.
“Oh, it’s just an old blind bat.”
My entry for day 6 of the Writers Victoria Flash Fiction 2020 competition. The challenge: to write a 30-word story incorporating the prompt of the day. Today’s is “blind”. Read more stories on Twitter.
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Bright lights and deafening music engulfed me. It was normal—just another day with friends. With every drink, I radiated oodles of joy. Life blurred.
And then we got corona.
This is my interpretation of today’s prompt: blur. It’s for the Writers Victoria Flash Fiction 2020 competition. 30 days, 30 prompts, 30 words. See more #WVFlashFic20 entries here.
The Chaos Within 